Developing skills and talent for Creative Industries

BudapestMarch 2012

Our Vision

Helping the UK Creative Industries

to be World-beating

Creative Industries’ Sector Skills Council

To lead the UK Creative

Industries’ skills and

talent drive

Creative Industries and growthCreative Industries identified as having the potential to drive significant growth in the UK: currently account for 5.6% of UK GVA

share of the total UK GVA is projected to grow to 12.6% in 2016, contributing £133bn to the UK economy (evidence by NESTA & PWC).

exports third only to advanced manufacturing and finance

UK’s creative sector is proportionately the largest in Europe

identified as one of four industries with the potential to drive economic recovery and future growth

culture, media and sports occupations identified as amongst those likely to experience fastest employment growth between now and 2017

Creative Industries (CIs) profile

• 1.3m people working in the CIs in the UK

• a further 1m employed in creative occupations in other sectors

• an estimated 182,100 businesses, with an additional 0.5m sole traders or freelancers.

• micro-enterprises dominate the company base – 84% of companies in the CIs have fewer than 10 employees

• 32% of UK creative industry professionals are freelancers or self-employed, rising to 90% in some sub-sectors, compared to 14% across all other sectors

Creative Industries Council and Skills Group Creative Industries Council (CIC) to provide a forum for the

CIs and Government to engage in a joined up way and instigate industry led approaches to boosting the growth and competitiveness with Government facilitating and removing barriers where appropriate.

CIC has prioritised the importance of Talent and Skills as a key factor in the growth equation and Skillset has been tasked to lead this work with a core group.

We focused on cross cutting recommendations bringing benefit to all of the Creative Industries

CIC Skillset Skills Group builds on existing sector skills strategies and work

Increasing flexibility and reducing bureaucracy, joining up investment and clarifying roles

Producing and sharing the intelligence we need

Building the market for high quality provision

Fusion: the new skills imperative

Supporting talent for growth

Building the creative generation

Leadership and management skills

Industry ownership of investment in skills

CPD and future leaders

Inspiring creativetalent

Simplicityand

clarity

Bringing Informationto market

Increase &enrich

pathways

Help the UK Creative

Industries to be world-beating

Cost of studying increased for individuals

18,000 courses on subjects relating to Creative Industries

60% of people working in Creative Industries with university degrees

Higher education situation

Ensuring quality provision

• Quality mark for best courses that prepare for a career in Creative Industries

- The Skillset Tick

• 1 in 3 students from Skillset Tick courses find employment 6 months after graduating

Current entry routes

• Graduates

• Interns (40% unpaid)

• Apprentices

New entry routes • Widen pool of talent

• On the job training

• Grow your own talent

How it works – for film

A Bigger Future since 2004:

• supported the careers of over 18,000 people (professionals & new entrants)

• film levy since 1999 brought £8m to Skills Investment Fund (SIF)

• we leveraged £47 million adding on the £32.5m Lottery investment

Film Skills Strategy

Any questions?

www.creativeskillset.org